Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley - Code Name ''Grin''

Informationen zum Autor Clive Jones is Professor of Regional Security (Middle East) in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University and Visiting Research Professor in the Department of Historical Studies, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he has published widely on the history and politics of the Middle East with a particular focus on Israel/Palestine and the Gulf. His book Britain and the Yemen Civil War (Sussex Academic Press, 2010) was the subject of a BBC documentary. Klappentext Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, this biography uncovers the motivations and ideals that informed Smiley's commitment to covert action and intelligence during the Second World War and early part of the Cold War, often among tribally based societies. With particular reference to operations in Albania, Oman and Yemen, it addresses the wider issues of accountability and control of clandestine operations. Zusammenfassung Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, this biography uncovers the motivations and ideals that informed Smiley’s commitment to covert action and intelligence during the Second World War and early part of the Cold War, often among tribally based societies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface1. From the Cradle to Palestine2. From Palestine to Abyssinia3. Desert Wars4. From the Regular to Irregular5. A Matter called 'Concensus'6. Three Majors. Two for Politics, One for Fighting7. Burnt but Alive8. Between Ubon and a Hard Place9. From Espionage to Sabotage10. Subversion and the Ceremonial11. As Tough as Teak12. Our Man in the Yemen13. An Uncomplicated PatriotAcknowledgementsBibliography

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Clive Jones, Clive (Chair in Regional Security (Middle E Jones, Clive (Chair in Regional Security (Middle East) in the School of Government and International Affairs Jones, Clive in the School of Government and International Affairs Jones, Jones Clive
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781474441162
• ISBN: 978-1-4744-4116-2
• Seiten: 380
• Serie: Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung